Answer two questions of the following questions in 2-5 sentences. Please use your ATI Pharmacology textbook as your only reference:
1. What are the indications and complications of cimetidine?
2. What are the short-term and long-term complications of omeprazole?
3. What is the indication and mechanism of action of sucralfate?
4. Which medication from the PowerPoint is not safe for pregnancy? What medication classifications are not safe for pregnancy?
5. If a client was prescribed an antacid with cimetidine, how long should the client wait? Why should the client wait?
6. With antiemetics:
Which medication is used for motion sickness?
Which antiemetic is a serotonin antagonist? What is the mechanism of action for this medication? What can a prolonged QT lead to?
Which antiemetic is a dopamine antagonist? What is the mechanism of action for this medication? Does this medication have a complication of extrapyramidal symptoms? If so, what are the signs, and what is the antidote for this?
Which antiemetics can be used for diabetic gastroparesis? What are the complications of this medication?
7. Which insulin has the shortest onset? Which insulin has a duration of 16 to 24 hours?
8. What is lipohypertrophy, and how can we prevent this as RNs?
9. Name two medications that are oral anti-diabetics.
Which medication has a complication of hypoglycemia and weight gain?
What are the complications of metformin? What are the interactions of metformin?
10. Name a medication that is used for hypoglycemia. Can you administer this medication PO? If no, what are the other routes you can administer this medication?
11. Which medication is used for hypothyroidism? What are the signs of overmedication?
12. What medication is used for hyperthyroidism? What are the signs of overmedication?
